Review: The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted: A Novel

The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted: A Novel by Bridget Asher

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I loved this book. Yes, it's a love story, but so much more. I was attracted to it by the fact that a large part of the story is based in Provence. It takes a while to get going, beginning in USA with a young widow, Heidi, struggling to come to terms with her own grief and that of her 8 year old son, Abbot.

The book follows Heidi's journey, that of coming to terms with her bereavement, and her journey to a neglected family summer home in Provence, a house that has it's own stories to tell. It's also the story of Charolotte, the sixteen year old step-daughter of Heidi's sister, Abbot and Heidi's mother.

Woven through with love of baking, wonderful descriptions of patisserie, of French rural life and this is a story of an extended family coming to terms with the past, the present and the future.

"J'espere, despair, in air ..... I'm air"

Highly recommended.





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